'Liquid biopsy' promises early detection for cancer
Detecting cancer before a person even feels sick would save countless lives and improve treatment options for most patients. The test was also tried on 812 people with no history of cancer to see how often it gave "false-positive" results.

The first successful flight was carried out on 25 May a year ago. The second flight, called "Still Testing", will attempt to place three satellites into orbit, an Earth-imaging Dove satellite for the company Planet, as well as two Lemur-2 weather and ship tracking satellites for Spire Global.

Rocket Lab's nine-day launch window opened on Saturday, with more than 50 people eagerly awaiting blast-off at the unofficial viewing site off Blucks Pit Rd, Nuhaka, only to be disappointed by a "rogue" boat.

Small satellites are becoming more common.

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Before customers can start flying, Rocket Lab needed to show that the Electron could do its job, and getting to orbit was a key goal of this test.

Now, the Electron has shown its both capable of getting to orbit and deploying payloads successfully. Its smaller size is meant to increase affordability and launch flexibility for customers with smaller payloads. Participants have to complete their lunar excursions before March 31st, 2018 in order to win the grand prize money.

"Today marks the beginning of a new era in commercial access to space", said Beck. They're thrilled to reach this milestone so quickly after their first test launch.

Neither Rocket Lab nor Moon Express has given a date for a launch attempt.

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